Lets be honest: who doesn’t brush their hair when it’s wet? Whether your texture needs the help of a blow dryer ASAP or you just dont have the time to wait, bristles hit wet locks more often than not. Weve heard the warningsbrushing wet hair equals damage!but is there a better approach than waiting it out?

The bad news: theres no damage-free way to brush wet hair, says Michael Boychuck, a celebrity colorist and owner of COLOR salon in Las Vegas. Brushing wet hair causes damage because when hair is wet, its weakened. Brushing is one of the roughest actions and brushing wet hair can lead to broken strands and split ends.

Luckily, there are safer alternatives than tearing through sopping hair. We’ve rounded up the best (and safest) ways to brush wet hair.

2. Use your fingers.
Run your hands through your hair instead of using a comb (or a fork, if you’re a mermaid in human form). This works out major tangles and preps your hair for styling without causing damage.

4. Comb properly.
When it comes to brushing, choose a comb, like The Body Shops Detangling Comb($7). The teeth are far enough apart so that when you drag it through, it doesnt tug on the hair. When using a comb, start at the ends of your hair and work your way up, combing in short strokes, says Boychuck. Continue this process until you can easily run your comb through the entire length of your hair.

5. Use specialized tools.
We truly do live in the future, because—miracle of miracles!—there are even brushes formulated specifically for wet hair. The Wet Brush ($8.99) has thin, flexible bristles that detangle without pulling (therefore preventing breakage) while the floating cushion provides more flexibility and creates a barrier between the brush and scalp. Ecotools Ultimate Air Dryer ($10) also has softer brushes to detangle without harsh pulling. The shape, which has a hole in the center, works like a diffuser so air travels through the brush, drying strands way faster as you brush.

So it turns out there are lots of ways to brush your wet hair without damaging it! Who said our impatience was a flaw?

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http://dailymakeover.com/tangle-teezer/#commentsThu, 19 Mar 2015 15:30:18 +0000http://dailymakeover.com/?p=713003]]>Plenty of people complain about their hair, but trust me when I say that my hair concerns are completely valid. Let me rephrase that: My hair concerns are now completely valid for almost the first time in my life. After a fair amount of “experimentation” in my teen years, my desire to ruin my locks by way of home haircuts and definitely unprofessional bleaching waned significantly. I grew out my naturally thick, dark, shiny hair until it hit the top of my ribcage, and it looked glorious. At long last, I finally had what I refer to as Hot Girl Hair. You know exactly what I’m talking about.

Just months after I had reached this important touchstone of my adult life, I turned on it. I decided that this long, pretty hair was just flat-out boring. It was the height of summer, and I was feeling both impulsive and overheated, so I did what any girl would do and bleached my naturally almost-black hair out completely. I had a good run as a platinum blonde—but it was short-lived, because there was no feasible way I was going to be able to keep that kind of color without incurring some serious damage. I was right: I maintained the color for about six months and lost about a foot of hair to both breakage and haircuts alike before going back to dark.

What’s left over of my now shoulder-length, completely fried hair is a mess. It’s so damaged that, if I’m not careful, it sort of tangles itself into mats—yes, it gets matted, like an unkempt dog. No matter how much I deep conditioned or how much oil I applied, I would almost inevitably wake up to a massive snarl on the back of my head. Trying to brush through it was a nightmare, and I lost another heap of hair just trying to work the knots out.

I had heard great things about the Tangle Teezer, but I always had such manageable hair, so it never really concerned me. Lucky me. On a whim, I decided to invest in the Tangle Teezer Salon Elite Style Hairbrush. Now, we’ve all claimed that a beauty product has changed our life, some claims with more truth than others. But because I was losing so much hair, and spending at least 15 minutes a day just trying to loosen knots with my own fingers because nothing else worked, the Tangle Teezer has legitimately changed my life. It works exactly as it says it does: The short rubber bristles somehow help the brush to glide through the hair and gently detangle like no other brush or comb I’ve ever tried.

The Tangle Teezer has eliminated the question of how much hair I will lose each day. Hell, it’s even small enough to throw in my bag, so I never have to worry about being without it. This brush truly has an answer for everything—including separation anxiety.

Whoops! Lindsay Lohandid look great in an Instagram post yesterday, except for one detail: With the background distortion behind her, it was glaringly obvious that she had done some Photoshop work on her own picture. [Us]

Dr. Terry Loong, The Body Shop Global Skincare Expert and Integrative Skin Doctor, explains the four phases of your complexion over the course of 28 days. Confused? Don’t worry—you’ll be surprised by how much sense this cycle actually makes. [Beauty High]

Choosing the right brush can mean the difference between having the best hair day and the worst. To help make sense of it all, check out this breakdown of the best types of brushes for every use and hair type out there. [POPSUGAR Beauty]

Vanessa Hudgens is no stranger to dramatic—and frequent—hair changes. Her latest is a blunt, chin-length bob. [People]

We’ll somehow manage to justify purchasing just about anything that promises dewy, radiant skin, but our many trials and tribulations have made us all too familiar with the struggle that is trying to maintain a healthy, youthful glow without being mistaken for an oil spill. Fortunately, there’s one trick we’ve learned over the years that is absolutely essential for getting luminosity without looking greasy, and it’s beyond easy.

Start by mixing a drop of a liquid or cream luminizer—MAKE UP FOR EVER Uplight Face Luminizer Gel ($29, sephora) comes in a multitude of shades, so you can choose between a warm golden or cool pearly glow—into your regular foundation or tinted moisturizer and apply as usual. If you want to, you can also add extra highlight to key areas, like the tops of your cheekbones and your cupid’s bow.

After correcting and concealing as necessary, take a small, fluffy powder brush, like the ModelCo Mini Kabuki Brush ($10, modelcocosmetics.com), and dip it in a lightweight translucent powder, tapping the brush head to remove excess. Buff the powder into only the following areas: the center of your forehead and between your eyebrows, down the sides of your nose, the center of your chin, and the half-circles beneath your eyes.

Mattifying the areas that read “greasy” rather than “glowy” allows you to draw light only to the areas that would be hit by it naturally, which gives the face flattering dimension and a natural, dewy radiance sans shine. It’s the simplest trick in the book, but that doesn’t mean it’s not one of the best.

]]>http://dailymakeover.com/grease-free-glow/feed/0Glowing Skin-HPrgeminiGlowing SkinThe Best Brushes For Your Hairstylehttp://dailymakeover.com/the-best-brushes-for-your-hairstyle/
http://dailymakeover.com/the-best-brushes-for-your-hairstyle/#commentsWed, 08 Aug 2012 04:01:04 +0000http://dm.sg.umbrella-web.com/the-best-brushes-for-your-hairstyle/]]>It’s no secret that great products can make or break a hairstyle. But did you know that using the perfect hairbrush can do more than half the work? The right brush can give you mega volume, eliminate frizz, or turn your locks into one silky, straight creation. We spoke to Nexxus Creative Director Kevin Mancuso, who gave us the 411 on hairbrushes, to make sure we never use the wrong brush again.

1. To Neaten Curly Or Kinky Hair
When it comes to tight curls, the trick to smoothing out your locks is to loosen things up. “If you have tight curls or curls with a lot of kink, the wider you’ll want the spaces between bristles,” Kevin said.

He recommends Denman Classic Styling Brushes ($10.75, Soap.com) with six to nine rows of bristles. “These brushes feature white, nylon pin-like bristles,” Kevin said. “It is great for most hair textures, except fine or thin textures or hair that has low density.”

2. To Get Sleek, Straight Hair
My heart goes out to the big-haired girl who wants a sleek, straight look. It can be near impossible to get a frizz-free blowout. “The best way to control a curl when manipulating it with a brush or your fingers is to first care for your hair with the right shampoo and conditioner, followed by styling products that form hair into brush-able curls,” Kevin said.

“For almost any hair type or length, the Denman Paddle Brush ($11.95, Folica.com) is great to help detangle hair and very easy to use” for a fast blow out—it creates a “smooth, sleek look,” Kevin said. “This brush is great for most hair types and textures, fine or thin hair textures, or hair that has low density.”

3. To Detangle (Wet) Hair
It’s not uncommon to step out of the shower with knotty, messy hair, and unless you’re Heidi Klum, brushing it out with your fingers is not an option. “Brushes that have wider spaced bristles are best to help detangle hair, however in some instances, a comb works best for detangling. Brushes that have natural bristles, flexible nylon bristles, padded/cushioned brushes and bristles are gentler on wet hair.”

One of his favorites? Mason Pearson Nylon & Boar Bristle Brushes ($115, Sleekhair.com), which are “medium cushion brushes with natural bristles and single nylon quills that provide good grip and control for smoothing hair.”

4. To Get More Voluminous Hair
Tired of the Jennifer Aniston look, and longing for body? There’s a brush for that. While big, round brushes are great for smoothing fly-aways, little, round brushes are the trick to adding more texture.

“In general, round brushes are best for adding shape and volume; the smaller the diameter of the brush, the more bend and wave you’ll add to the curl,” Kevin said. He really likes YS Park Brush ($44, Precisionshears.com) from Japan, because it has natural boar and nylon bristles that give a glossy look, without losing volume in your hair.

Knowing what brush to use is great, but there’s one question that still remains: How much do you need to spend on a brush?

Hairbrushes well over $100 (outrageous even for a beauty writer!) have crossed our desks, and while we were shocked at the price, we soon learned that you get what you pay for.

“I find that a quality brush is worth the investment—there is a noticeable difference in the way quality brushes are balanced,” Kevin said. “It’s easy to find a less expensive brush that ‘does the job,’ but most of those brushes use bristles that are either too flexible, bristles that are not flexible enough or lose their bristles.”